Razorlike toilet article



Nov. 9, 1926. 1,606,111

P. W. STONE 4 RAZOR LIKE TOILET ARTICLE Filed July 12, 1923 rnrmew. sronn, or Bos'roii, MASSACHUSETTS,

RAZOR-LIKE TOILET ARTICLE.

Application filed July 12,

This invention relates to toilet articles and while some of its features are of more general application, it is herein shown as embodied in a device for use intrimming ca'lli and corns. For these uses it is important not only to provide a razor that is safely guarded against such use as might effect injury, but also to provide for getting at the seat or base of a corn or callus and so trimming the affected area as to relieve the pressure over the sensitive area and facilitate the healing of the same. With these and other objects in view this invention provides a safely guarded trimmingd-evice presenting an acting edge so concavo-convexed as to adapt it for scooping out-a corn or callus from the foot, including approximately lane surfaces on the bottom of the foot as well as the more common convex surfaces.

A particular feature of this invention con sists in the combination of a blade and its holder, including a guard, so formed and arranged as to allow the blade to dig and to guard against digging too deeply. In the illustrated embodiment the blade is of spring steel and is sprung out of its normal position to present a curved cutting edge. It is maintained in its sprung condition in bowed form by the construction and arrangement of the holder, which, further, is formed and arranged to include a guard to prevent the converted blade from digging in too deeply. A further feature of the invention consists in the described economically efficient method of manufacturing and assembling the described razor.

These and other features of the invention will be clear from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and will be pointed out in the claims.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is a plan view of the blank used in the preferred method of manufacturing the illustrated blade holder, the line on which the blank is to be folded being indicated by broken lines, and the blade being shown in dotted lines in the relation it will occupy relatively to the holder.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the completed article; 7 I

Fig. 8 is a central transverse section through the holder and blade, the scale being enlarged.

Fig. 4 1s a perspective fragmentary view to illustrate on an. enl g d ale the ma e- 1923. Serial No. 651,161.

members 12,. 12," the blade eye 14 having the offset 2e pressed 'therefrom to form aguiding ledge, the back stop 15, which may be in duplicate and'is capable of locating theblade in different positions of adjustment, if. desired, the spanning member 16 having the locking tongue 18 notched at 19, and the locking recesses 20, 20 for cooperation with the tongue 18,20. I

The blank is first folded on the broken median line to form the handle and the blade cl amp 12, 12 between the members ofwhich the blade is inserted and positioned against the back stop 15." A bend is then made at the junction of the spanning member 16 with the clamping member which carries the back stop. It is to'benoted as important that the spanning member 16 is shorter than the blade clamping members so that as the spanning ncmberyis carried over the blade clamping members in assembling the razor it is necessary to bow the blade clamplng members, as shown, in order to bring the tongue 18 opposite the locking recesses 20, 20. The notch 19 is formed out of alinement with the locking recesses, requiring that spanning. member 16 be sprung downward to efiect entrance of tongue 8 into the locking recesses 20, 20, after which thetongue springs upward of its own resilience to effect secure interlocking engagement of the notched portion of the tongue with the upper edge walls of the recesses. As thus assembled the spanning member constitutes a chord joining the two ends of the are into which the resilient blade clamping members are bowed. The bending of members 12, 12 with the blade between them not only forms the blade into the desired convex form for getting the cut ting action desired, but clamps the blade securely between members 12, 12. Before assembling, the upper clamping member 12, having the offset 25. is preferably beveled or backed off. This oifset constitutes a suitable guide, in combination with the blade, to

determine the normal cutting action of the razor. This plane, established by the offset and the edge of bladeB, see Fig. 4f is usually adequate and safe for the starting out to trim a callus or corn. The inclination can be varied during pro'gr'esso't the cut to scoop out the heart of a corn by pressing the gui( ing face 25 into or raising it from the flesh. The concavity in the front edge of the spanning member aids vision of the working point. The folded edge 'at the junction of members 12, 12 protects against injury by the razor, while the curvature of the bowed cut-- a guide for the cutting edge ofthei blade,

said guide being spaced below and located back of said edge to establish the plane of cutting action of the blade.

2. In a toilet article, the combination of a blade curved transversely of its plane and a holder therefor including a guide spaced below and located back of the edge of the blade to limit'the depth to which thecurved blade will enterv upon itsicut.

3.111 a razor, a blade of spring steel sprung lengthwise out of its normal shape, and means arranged as a chord over the spring blades to hold it so sprung.

4. In a razor, a blade of spring steel sprung lengthwise into bowed shape by bringing its ends closer together than their name].- position a guard, and means ar ranged as a chord over the bowed blade and guard and serving .to hold them in bowed condition." v

5 In a razor, a blade curved lengthwise in the direction of its edge and a holder including moans similarly curved and guarding the blade, together with means extending in the general direction of the blade and serving as a handle by which to manipulate the blade. I

6. In a razor, a blade and a blade holder comprising a short member and a longer member, the ends of said two members being connected together to maintain the longer member in bowed shape. the blade being carried by and. conforming to the bowed shape of the longermember or the holder.

7. In a razor, in combination, a handle, a blade, a blade clamp, a spanner shorterthan the blade clamp extending lengthwise over and connecting, the two ends of the clamp, and means to. holdthe clamp and the spanner in assembled relation with the blade in bowed condition.

8. In a razor, a holder comprising a stamp ing folded longitudinally to form a handle and a blade clamp and having an end extension shorter than the clamp and folded back over the clamp and secured to hold a blade in bowed condition. v

9. In a razor, a holderfcomprising a stamping folded longitudinally to form a hand e and. a blade clampand having an end extension folded back over the clamp and secured to hold a blade.

In test mony name to this specification.

PHILIP W. STONE.

whereof I have signed my 

